Start
by removing your stock or other intake. If you have your stock battery
tray in your car then you will need to modify it to allow the intake
to fit. The front part of the stock tray is too large and needs to be
cut.

With an aftermarket battery tray I chose the bottom hole as my location
for the rubber washer setup. The intake will connect to this piece to
keep it in place while driving. Take out the battery tray to connect
this or lift up your car enough to get position.

Build your intake before you start putting it to make sure you have
everything, but don’t tighten all connections so you can adjust
them when you get it in place. This would be a good time to make sure
your intake fits with your stock battery tray that you modified.

Find where your hose ends that connects to the intake. In my 95 it is
under the valve cover and very hard to get to. With 96 and up I believe
it is top and center of the valve cover and very easy to get to. The
hose that comes with the intake will fit directly to the 96+ neons,
but with the 95 (mine) I just used a grommet and connected it to the
hose that I had there already. Even with a 96+ you might need to cut
the length of the hose so you don't have it in the way of other moving
items in that area (example: shift cables).

After fitting your intake in the spot you might have to pull it apart
to get the bottom in place. I took the top connections off to get a
clear view of the battery tray placement with the intake. Put everything
back together and test that your intake doesn’t rub anything or
hit the hood. With the curve of the pieces it is very adjustable to
fit in just the spot it was needing to be in.

Tighten up all connections and enjoy the ride!

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After riding with it I have noticed some great things:

I have noticed an increase in power in almost the whole range of the
rpms. With the stock intake setup it is very restrictive and is greatly
improved by having a more free flowing setup. The AEM Cold Air Intake
frees up a lot of space compared to the massive sized stock setup. With
the removal of the stock pieces you have already helped the engine release
the heat (stock piece sits on top of the engine keeping the heat in).
Also with the 2 different sized pieces of the intake it Manipulates
sound waves to improve the performance even more.

After driving with the new intake I have seen an improvement in my gas
mileage which is now up to around 30mpg on a regular basis.

The sound that comes along with this intake is probably the best thing
about it. The sound is a nice rumble that makes it more fun to drive
now. I have gotten compliments on the sound from other Neon owners and
even Honda owners ;-)